Crossword clues for seasoning
seasoning
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Season \Sea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seasoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Seasoning.]
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To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
He is fit and seasoned for his passage.
--Shak. To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.
Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
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Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable.
You season still with sports your serious hours.
--Dryden.The proper use of wit is to season conversation.
--Tillotson. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. ``When mercy seasons justice.''
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To imbue; to tinge or taint. ``Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth.''
--Fuller.Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles.
--Jer. Taylor. To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.]
--Holland.
Seasoning \Sea"son*ing\, n.
The act or process by which anything is seasoned.
That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment.
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Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation.
Political speculations are of so dry and austere a nature, that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings.
--Addison.Seasoning tub (Bakery), a trough in which dough is set to rise.
--Knight.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of adding flavor," 1510s; "something added to a dish to impart flavor," 1570s, verbal noun from season (v.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context cooking English) Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as a condiment, herb or spice. 2 A coat of burnt soot inside a cooking vessel, which has formed over repeated use, and which renders the surface non sticking. 3 (cx archaic English) An alcoholic intoxication. vb. (present participle of season English)
WordNet
n. something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts [syn: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner]
the act of adding a seasoning to food
Wikipedia
Seasoning, or The Seasoning, is the term applied to the period of adjustment that was undertaken by immigrants - African and European - following their first attack of tropical disease, during the colonization of the Americas. Malaria was the chief adversary of colonists and slaves. Death rates dramatically differed between regions in the Americas. Those who survived were known as Seasoned, and for slaves this would command a higher price.
Seasoning is the process of imparting flavor to, or improving the flavor of, food.
Seasoning may also refer to:
- Seasoning (cookware), adding a protective coating for iron or steel cookware
- Seasoning (colonialism), the process whereby immigrants (Europeans and Slaves) contracted diseases following their arrival in the Americas. Those who survived were known as "seasoned".
- Wood drying, also known as seasoning, which is the reduction of the moisture content of wood prior to its use
Seasoning is the process of treating the surface of a saucepan, wok, crepe griddle or other cooking vessel with a stick-resistant coating formed from polymerized fat and oil on the surface.
Some form of post-manufacturing treatment or end-user seasoning is mandatory on cast-iron, which rusts rapidly when heated in the presence of available oxygen, notably from water, even small quantities such as drippings from dry meat. Food tends to stick to unseasoned iron and and carbon steel cookware, both of which are seasoned for this reason as well.
Seasoning of other cookware surfaces is generally discouraged. Non-stick enamels often crack under heat stress, and non-stick polymers (such as Teflon) degrade at high heat, though a chemical reaction releasing toxic fumes.
Usage examples of "seasoning".
Tonight she would try one of the appetizers, she decided, and get them all to eat real food, food with more than two ingredients, and with seasonings other than too much salt.
I saw white on a corner of the Desert, a city, and I descended on it by the shop of a clothier that sat quietly by his goods and stuffs, thinking of fate less than of kabobs and stews and rare seasonings.
Her combination of seasonings, though unusual to the palates of the Mamutoi, was well received by the Lion Camp.
No worries, just smooth, practiced motions, moves you see in twenty-year veterans: no pot grabbed without side-towel, no wasted effort, every sauce getting a quick taste, correcting seasonings, coming up on her stuff at the same time as the rest of the order-generally holding down her end like an ass-kicking, name-taking mercenary of the old school, only cleaner and better.
It consisted of peanuts, corn flour, salt, and seasonings and was said to taste like beef.
At intervals along the bar, there were collections of assorted popcorn seasonings: garlic salt, lemon pepper, Cajun spices, curry powder, and Parmesan cheese in a green cardboard container.
Wild asparagus, lily roots, wild onions, legumes, small squashes, and mushrooms were cooking in various combinations with subtle seasonings.
The dry whites can't compete with Sichuan seasonings, the reds overwhelm the subtle flavors of the nonspicy dishes, and the Rieslings are sometimes just too sweet for anything but fortune cookies.
A mountain of wild lettuce, burdock, pigweed, and dandelion leaves, freshly washed, was waiting to be served raw with a dressing of hot bear grease, seasonings, and salt, added at the last moment.